PATTERSON — Graveside services for Myrtis C. Love, 81, of Patterson and formerly of Beulah, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Beulah, under the direction of T.L. Redmon Funeral Home, Cleveland. He died May 31, 2020, at his home.

A local woman died late Wednesday night after a hit-and-run on Nelson Street.

Assistant Police Chief Michael Merchant said officers with the Greenville Police Department were dispatched to the 600 block of Nelson Street close to midnight, where they found a black female lying in the road.

A Greenville teenager is behind bars for the stabbing death of his uncle.

At 1:13 p.m. Monday, July 15, officers with the Greenville Police Department were dispatched to the 1200 block of Belfast Street. Inside the home, officers found the body of a 37-year-old black male, who has been identified as Jermaine Sanders.

In the Washington County Primaries, there were no upsets of sitting elected officials. Incumbent, and unopposed Circuit Clerk Barbara Esters-Parker garnered the highest vote total of 5,066. The largest margin in a contested race went to Sheriff Milton Gaston at 4,488 votes or 83.42%.

The Deer Creek School boys basketball has won a bunch of close games this season where the Warriors made the key plays at the end; however, Friday night it was visiting Delta Academy who made the clutch plays down the stretch for a 60-54 victory.